Bag-holder.



S. A. OTT.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Mum. 1913.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

I l l I l I l I l l I I I I L SAMUEL A. OTT, 015 FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed March 6, 1913. Serial No. 752,334.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A; On, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort Stockton, in the county of Pecos and State of Texas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in BagHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper bag lfolders, and has for its object to provide a device in which either a single unit may be employed or a series of units superposed one above or adjacent the other, the said units being preferably arranged in sets of various sizes of bags whereby bags of practically all sizes from the largest to the smallest are conveniently placed and accessible in grocery and other stores, the bags in each holder being yieldingly retained in place, but readily removable when circumstances may require.

My invention consists in certain novel fea tures of construction, arrangements and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same; and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view as in use.

In carrying out my invention I preferably use a single piece of wire of the desired size; the wire is bent to the form shown in Fig. 1, that is, the side wires A are secured to the base board B near the lower end by staples G; the wires A extend upwardly a slight distance lying against the base board and then bulge outwardly forming a breast, as at A; they are then converged and twisted together as at A then spread outwardly again and curve backwardly to the baseboard B where they are secured to said board by staples C; they arethen curved upwardly, forwardly and downwardly as at A the extreme ends A being turned outwardly so as to offer no obstruction to the entrance of a pack of bags. The wires A below where they are secured to the base board B, are bent at substantially right angles and project forwardly to form the base bars A; they are again bent at angles and extending upwardly where after being bent into coils' A extend again upwardly and then laterally and rearwardly forming side retaining arms A said arms being formed by twisting the wire around itself and having a straight portion within the twists which extends across from side to side to form a support A" for the front portion of the bags within the holder, the coils A forcing said cross bar A and the side arms toward the baseboard. I

The lower edges of the bags D rest on the base wires A and the lower portion of the package of bags are yieldingly held against the back bars fastened to the baseboard by the action of the coils, the cross bar A and the side bars A, preventing the bags from slipping sidewise off the baseboard B.

As shown, the bags are placed in the holder the lower edges resting on the base wires or members A and the central por tions of the bags rest against the bulged or breast portions A, the bags resting against said breast; the upper ends of the bags are inserted under the turned over upper ends of the wires which form retaining hooks; it will be found preferable to cut out a portion of the front well of each bag at its upper end, as shown at D. The reason for doing this is to permit the forefinger of a person to be placed within the bag and by placing the thumb against the face of the bag permit a single bag to be pulled downwardly away from the hooks, and then upwardly out of the lower holding portion, leaving the rest of the fingers free to be inserted in the mouth of the bag to open the same and have it ready for use; it is, of course, not absolutely necessary to cut out all bags, but it will be readily seen that such arrangement renders it absolutely certain that onlyone bag at a time will be pulled out.

The roportions of my holder may of course e varied and the construction and arrangement of some of the parts may be slightly changed without departing from the scope of my invention, as for instance, the

metal parts may be made of sheet metal 7 The lower portion of the holder with the cross bar A and the sidemembers or arm A form a pocket or cage for retaining the bags in place and in a flat condition. Instead of the two hooks A? one could be i used if desired though the use of two hold the bagsin better shape while in the holder.

The baseboard might be dispensed with and the holdensuspended from wires by the hooks A if so desired.

.1 claim I 1. A bag holder comprising a resilient 1 pocket or cage-like lower member having rearwardly projecting side arms, a back member having an intermediate bulged breast portion, and forwardly projecting curved overhanging hooks at its upper end. 2. Ina bag holder the combination with pocket or cage-like lower 1piortion, said lower P01131011 consisting of bac bars, horizontal lower bars for the bags to rest on, resilient vertical front bars, a cross bar bridging the vertical bars and extending laterally beyond the-vertical front bars, side arms projecting rearwardly from the lateral projections, the back bars havin an intermediate bulged or breast portion, t e upper ends of the back bars being bent outwardly and downwardly to form overhanging hooks to retain the upper ends of the bags.

4. .A- bag holder comprising a resilientv pocket or cage-like lower portion, back bars bulged outwardly intermediate its upper and lower ends and then converging to form a single longitudinal member, then diverging upwardly and having the upper ends bent over and forwardly to form overhang-- I ing hooks. p s

. SAMUEL AJoTT; Witnesses: H. L. WINFIELD, 

